Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Because there's no place like home.